A member of Sri Lanka's new government says cooperation between Colombo and Canberra on people smuggling will continue. But he says the government's hoping to improve the lives of members of the minority Tamil community to the point they'll no longer want to flee the South Asian nation. ...

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The ABC has learned that Australia's immigration minister Peter Dutton, and new Operation Sovereign Borders commander Major General Andrew Bottrell, paid a low-key visit to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island detention centre on Monday, but shadow minister Richard Marles was not with them. Mr ...

Late last year, major changes to Australian asylum seeker law, including the reintroduction of Temporary Protection Visas, and the 'fast tracking' of asylum claims, were given the green light. What will these changes to migration law mean, in practice? A panel of experts give their verdict and ...

Members of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Marine Unit are adapting to life onboard a new fleet of Cape Class vessels. Bigger, faster and capable of going further than their predecessors ever could, the new patrol boats are the future of Australia's maritime border ...